1、respect

尊敬;敬重;尊重

I want him to respect me as a career woman.

我希望他把我当作一个职业女性来尊重。

He needs the advice of people he respects, and he respects you.

他需要从他敬重的人那里获得建议，而他一向都很敬重你。

恕我直言，恕我冒昧(用于礼貌地表示不同意见或批评)

With respect, Minister, you still haven't answered my question.

部长，恕我冒昧，您还没有回答我的问题。

With respect, I hardly think that's the point.

恕我直言，但我认为这不是重点。

探望，拜访（以示敬意）

Carl had asked him to visit the hospital and to pay his respects to Francis.

卡尔已经让他去医院看望弗朗西斯。

2、turn down

拒绝(某人或其请求、提议等)

Before this I'd have smiled and turned her down.

在这之前，我本该笑着拒绝她。

I thanked him for the offer but turned it down

我谢绝了他的提议。

关小;调低

He kept turning the central heating down.

他不断调低中央暖气的温度。

She could not bear the relentless music and turned down the volume.

她受不了没完没了的音乐，就把音量调小了。

（比率）减少;（水平）降低

The divorce rate turned down in the 1950s.

20 世纪 50 年代离婚率下降了。